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Description

Choose one of four characters to fight in urban scenes covering three massive stages and over 30 different fighting areas. Players can choose their own route and take short cuts.

Spike Out was produced by Sega in 1997.

Sega released 591 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Spike Out was produced include: Sega Blast City, Virtua Fighter 3 - The New Standard, DecAthlete, Golden Eye, Taisen Tanto-R 'Sasshissu!', All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua, Columns 97, House Of The Dead, The, Lost World: Jurassic Park, The, and Motor Raid

Spike Out
Spike Out

Specs

Name Spike Out
Developer Sega
Year 1997
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9720
Class Wide Release
Genre Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class Sega Model 3
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 4
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 4 [ShiftPunchKick/ChargeJump]
Sound Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The game has a second person perspective. It includs a networking system to allow up to four players to cooperate against the enemy. Later versions of the game included a networking system so vast that you could play with people in other arcades.

Game Play

Players could either choose to cooperate, or go off on their own and explore the huge areas of the city.

Spike Out KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This game was designed by Sega's legendary RD Department, AM2. It was never released in America.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Spike Out Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Spike Out collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Spike Out circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Spike Out. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Spike Out circuit board set.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

This game used the Model 3 step 2.1 hardware system, which increased the number of polygons displayed per second, and added special effects.

Legacy

  1. Spike Out
  2. Spikeout Final Edition
  3. Spikers Battle

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